Abstract
c L. WELCHII, also commonly known as Bacillus aerogenes capsulatus and the gas bacillus, is a rather short, nonmotile, gram-positive rod, growing under fairly strict anaerobic conditions. It forms capsules in the animal body and under certain conditions readily sporulates. A so-called stormy fermentation of milk, with formation of clot, acid, and gas, is characteristic. Classification into four types, A, B, C, and D, is recognized, but only Type A is met with in the human body. Hemotoxin and myotoxin are produced, thus accounting for certain characteristic clinical observations. The response to sulfanilamide of clinical infections by this organism has been described.‘-” The gas bacillus is found in soil, water, milk, dust, sewage, and the intestinal canal of man and animals. Its occurrence normally in the human vagina has aroused much debate and discussion.
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